Two of the great space observatories — the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — have captured views of a unique experiment to smash a […]
In-Space Testing
The largest smallsat constellation build contract to date received by Blue Canyon Technologies
Blue Canyon Technologies LLC (“BCT” or “Blue Canyon”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has been selected to provide 18 cubesats for The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (“Tomorrow.io”) microwave sounding mission. […]
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite now assembled + en route to environmental testing
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), which according to the the company is building the first and only space-based, cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has […]
Major milestone successfully passed for RAL Space’s Speqtre quantum smallsat — launch in 2024
RAL Space’s Speqtre smallsat has passed a major milestone in its journey to space. The mission, which will demonstrate quantum key distribution (QKD) from space, has passed its critical design […]
Garbage Out of ISS thanks to the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock
As of 7:05 p.m. central time on Saturday, July 2nd, NanoRacks successfully cycled the Bishop Airlock aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and deployed the company’s first-of-its-kind technology to dispose […]
Xplore completes satellite testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital
Xplore Inc., providing Space as a Service®, completed a satellite testing initiative using Microsoft Azure Orbital to conduct satellite operations for the NOAA-18 satellite. Xplore is operating over a dozen […]
AST SpaceMobile reveals their BlueWalker 3 test satellite will launch in mid-August
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has confirmed plans to launch their BlueWalker 3 […]